Thread: [WIP] World Map - Reinos Imortais

The highest point on Earth is 8,848 meters. While going past that is not in essence a problem, i'm not sure it's realistic to have a 12,000m+ mountain.

However, explain it through magic, or tons of tectonic activity. The more important thing is that no one will be able to climb that without basically a spacesuit.

Actually, slightly lower gravity or lower density rocks ... and you can go past 12,000 metres. If you add a bit less erosion (maybe a drier atmosphere? no ... not with that many seas) ... anyway. Drop the planet's gravity to 0.9g and you can hit 12k easily.

Don't aircraft pilots need oxygen masks above 12,500 feet (close to 3800 m)?
Forget the 12 km peak, most of the highlands may be unbreathable.

I would just half the scale, but it is your world ... so have fun.

Ok, ok... Maybe I stay with "only" 10 000 m!

Well Ringworld (Niven) is 153 giga meters in radius (a ring roughly long enough to wrap around our sun at the distance of earth's orbit), and 1.6 giga meters wide with rim walls about 1,600,000 meters high to keep in air and such.

I'm just saying... 8 )

I think somebody mentioned once that was about the surface area of a million Earths, now imagine you can put one of those (at least) around every moderate sized sun in the galaxy, that runs to about 100 to 200 billion Ringworlds (assuming stars roughly the size of our sun and only 1 Ringworld per star) in total, which is roughly the surface area of 200,000,000,000,000,000 Earths.

So you were mapping to what scale again?

Originally Posted by moriturimax

Well Ringworld (Niven) is 153 giga meters in radius (a ring roughly long enough to wrap around our sun at the distance of earth's orbit), and 1.6 giga meters wide with rim walls about 1,600,000 meters high to keep in air and such.

I'm just saying... 8 )

I think somebody mentioned once that was about the surface area of a million Earths, now imagine you can put one of those (at least) around every moderate sized sun in the galaxy, that runs to about 100 to 200 billion Ringworlds (assuming stars roughly the size of our sun and only 1 Ringworld per star) in total, which is roughly the surface area of 200,000,000,000,000,000 Earths.

So you were mapping to what scale again?

I am not SO megalomanic! The map has 35 000 km X 17 500 km. I have already changed the maximum height to 11 km. Lets see how it goes. I am still in a lot of try and error as this is my first map (actualy the thrid or forth version of the same map).

Very cool, there are plenty of threads here with really good tips, I'm in the same boat, just started my own map over in the SciFi section, mapping an entire galaxy (course not 1:1 scale, heh) for my own campaign. Biggest challenge is how to portray something that size in digestable chunks for the viewer.

Cheers and will check out your progress as you post it.

The highest permanent settlement in the world is at about 5,000 meters, or 16,000 feet.